Binghamton man charged with theft arrested while trying to hop a bus

LIBERTY Police say a Binghamton man forcibly stole $40 from a woman and was arrested the next day while trying to hop a bus.

Police say the victim reported to police around 8 p.m. Thursday that she withdrew the money from a gas station ATM and a stranger came up to her and asked for the money. When she refused, he put his hand in her pocket and took it.

Anthony Day, 39, was identified. A policeman spotted him on Friday on his way to get the bus on South Main Street. He was arrested without incident.

Day was charged with felony grand larceny, arraigned and sent to the Sullivan County Jail on $2,500 bail.